'Sleeping giant' Yankees' Jersey finally hits first home run of WS

'Sleeping giant' Yankees' Jersey finally hits first home run of WS

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After being quiet throughout the World Series (WS-7 best-of-five), 58-homer regular-season giant Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) broke out in Game 5.

Judge hit a two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game at 0-0 in Game 5 of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Baseball World Series 2024 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York, U.S., on Monday.

After batting just .133 (2-for-15) without a home run in Games 1-4 of the World Series and being blamed for the Yankees' three-game sweep in Games 1-3, Judge singled in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 4 for his first RBI of the series.

The No. 3 hitter took a 151-mile-per-hour fastball from Dodgers starter Zach Flaherty and smashed it over the right-field fence.

It was a huge home run, 파워볼사이트 with a ball speed of 175 kilometers per hour and a distance of 123 meters.

Flaherty threw the pitch right down the middle of the plate like he was in an All-Star Game home run race, and Judge couldn't miss it.

Jersey cleared the fence to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead, and the next batter, No. 4 Jayson Chooch, Jr.

After dropping Games 1 through 3 of the World Series, the Yankees won Game 4 to set the stage for a comeback.

If they win Game 5 tonight, they will return to Dodger Stadium for Game 6 on Dec. 2.